Invoke-UTF8WebRequest

InvokeUTF8WebRequest.ps1

# gets past a problem in Invoke-WebRequest which causes issues with UTF-8 Responses (such as those from raw.githubusercontent.com)

Function Invoke-UTF8WebRequest
{
    # based loosely on https://gist.github.com/angel-vladov/9482676
    param($uri)
    [Net.HttpWebRequest]$req = [Net.WebRequest]::Create($Uri)
    [Net.HttpWebResponse]$res = $req.GetResponse()
    $sr = [IO.StreamReader]::new($res.GetResponseStream())
    $body = $sr.ReadToEnd()
    $sr.Close()
    return [pscustomobject]@{
        Content = $body; 
        StatusCode = $res.StatusCode; 
        Headers = $res.Headers; 
        StatusDescription = $res.StatusDescription;
    }
}